Fertility Update

The theme of the month is SHOTS! Dave and I went in for a consultation with the RE (reproductive endocrinologist) since we are still not pregnant. On our first visit he had told us we should be preggo within 4 months of treatment, but as you can see that did not happen so we had to regroup with him. He said that it could be that I possibly have endometriosis which if that is the case then I would need to have a laparoscopy to see if I had endometriosis and if I did then he would do his best to get what he could off of my fallopian tubes. The other alternative would be start doing FSH injections to boost the amount and quality of the eggs that I produce. The doctor recommended the injectables for now and if they don't work by December then I will go ahead with the laparoscopy.

With all of that being said we started the shots about 3.5 weeks ago. It is a good thing that shots do not bother me but I have to admit by the end of the whole thing I was starting to feel like a science experiment gone wrong. I went in to the doctors office to see how many follicles I had. There were a whopping 10-15 follicles but unfortunately only 2 made it to the grand finale =( I was really hoping for more but it only takes one, and hopefully one of these will actually take. We did the IUI two weeks from this Thursday and so I take a preggo test this week. I am not suppose to take the test until Thursday but I am very impatient so I will probably do it tomorrow, so please keep us in your prayers.

The good thing about the shots is Isabelle and Dave LOVE giving them to me. I have a feeling that a very small part of them will be sad when they don't get to give me shots anymore.. LOL Isabelle transforms into Nurse Isabelle, and she gets to wipe what she calls the "sanitizer" (really an alcohol swab) on my leg. Then Dr. Daddy give ms the shot. The first time that I got the shot in front of Isabelle she stood about 10 feet away and watched, you should have seen the look on her face when Dave shot me. I asked her, "are you ok, or are you freaking out?" She told me that she was fine and then admitted that she was freaking out a little bit because she thought maybe she would be next.. LOL Another time right after Dave gave me the shot there was the tinniest speak of blood so nurse Isabelle was quick to run over with her sanitizer and rub it off. Ever since then before each shot she tells me, "I hope you bleed". What a sweet little girl I have =)

Nurse Isabelle & Dr. Daddy

Tosha's Baby Shower

My sister Tosha is having a baby this month, so my mom, my sister-in-law (Jennifer), and myself all threw a baby shower for her a few weekends ago. It turned out really well and Tosha got a lot of really cute stuff.

The diaper cake I made for baby Sophie.. Tosha and Josh (the babies daddy) with the diaper bag and accessories that I made for Sophie

The blanket that my Grandma made for baby Sophie. Grandma does this for all of the great grandkids, they are so nice=) The blanket that Grandma made Isabelle is her most favorite blankie in the whole world, she calls it "white blankie" and she CANNOT WILL NOT sleep without it. The last picture is of a Christmas outfit Sophie got that is ADORABLE! I am going to figure out a way to duplicate it for Isabelle, obviously a bigger girl version.

Isabelle's Halloween Wardrobe

I have created Isabelle a Halloween wardrobe, so if you see a bunch of pictures lately with her in the same outfit it is because I am making her wear them everyday.. LOL Hey it is a lot of work making these outfits and she only gets a month to wear them so she is wearing them every chance we get =)

This outfit is reversible, unfortunately I do not have a picture of the other side (yet). I am sure that she will be wearing it again soon, I will capture a picture then.

I am so incredibly proud of her costume! I was very nervous wondering if I was going to be able to pull it of, but it turned out sooo cute! Unfortunately the belt is crooked in this picture but that is not the norm =) The patch work skirt was a serious undertaking! I don't think that I have every gathered so much in my entire life, but it turned out really cute as well. I have already purchased a turkey fabric to make a Thanksgiving one, my goal is to have it done before Halloween so she can wear it the entire month of November.

Daddy Daughter lawn mowing day

I am not even going to comment on the fact that I have not updated my blog in forever, we all know it so lets just move on =)

A couple of weeks ago Dave announced that he was going outside to mow the lawn. Isabelle is now in her "helping stage" so she decided that she too was going to mow the lawn. Here are the pictures of the Daddy Daughter lawn mowing day:

Keep in mind that to actually get this picture Dave had to turn the lawn mower off so that Isabelle would get anywhere close to him.. LOL What a brave little lawn mower she is, she just stays on the patio and mows the side walk =)

Flu Shot Obsession

Isabelle has developed an obsession with the flu shot! We went as a family on Labor Day weekend and all got our flu shots now all the girl can talk about is flu shots. On Saturday as we are walking up the balloon fest the first balloon Isabelle sees is this one:

Most people would see this as a First Aid balloon but not Isabelle she yells out "look Mommy a flu shot balloon, I think that is where you go to get your flu shot Collin needs to come here". So now she is starting to worry about people not getting their flu shots and Collin (because she knows he will be coming over in the next couple of days) is the first person she thinks of.

Tuesday I go to pickup Isabelle from school and she tells me that she is REALLY worried about her friend Jonah. She said that he has a cough and a little bit of a fever (he had no fever.. LOL) and she was not sure if he got his flu shot yet. She wanted me to call Mrs. Monda right now, Jonah's mom, to make sure that Jonah gets his shot..LOL I swear the girl is obsessed, but so everyone sleeps well at night Jonah already has an appointment to get his flu shot. Isabelle was so relieved when I told her =)

My little girl is such a carrying person.

Grandma & Collin come to visit

These are two of my favorite pictures EVER!

Tuesday my mom brought over my nephew Collin to visit and spend the night. Isabelle has been begging me for months to have a sleep over, so she was so excited when I told her Collin was spending the night. I wanted to take their pictures in their pajamas so they both climbed up on the bed and posed. Some how the posing turned into cute little midget wrestling.. LOL They looked so adorable wrestling in their little footed pajamas, and I was surprised at how Isabelle was able to hold her own again Collin. Collin is a pretty solid little boy and Isabelle was flinging him around =) When it was time to go to bed I made the two of them a pallet on the floor knowing it was going to be a little bit of a battle getting them to sleep. I read them some books, turned on the baby monitior and left the room to hear what all was being said on the monitor. It is so cute to hear two little people carrying on a conversartion. Collin would tell Isabelle that he wanted his mommy, and Isabelle would tell him that his mommy was at home but she was there to protect him. Then Collin said "I want to go pick up my mommy" Iz "you have a drivers license??"... LOL They went on and on forever until Isabelle asked "are you having a problem Collin, my Daddy said if I have a problem that we can go get him". The next thing you know Isabelle and Collin are outside of the room, blankies in tow and Isabelle tells us that Collin is having problems.. There were a couple of "problems" throughout the night until Grandma finally laid with them until they were asleep.. They had so much fun together, and really enjoyed each others company!

The next day we deicded to have a picnic at Celebration Park. My Aunt Kelly was watching my cousins daughter (not sure what that makes her to me) Cylie, so we called and asked if they would like to join us. Cylie came and played with Isabelle and Collin and had a really good time, I am so glad that they were able to join us!

The Balloon Fest

Last Saturday we took Isabelle to the Plano Balloon Fest, it was a first time for all of us and we really had a great time. The walk from the parking lot to the fest was ridiculous to say the least, but well worth it to see the awesome show! We packed a dinner, brought a blanket and found a spot on top of the hill to watch all of the events. It started off with the sky divers. Isabelle's only question was "why are they jumping out the plane".. Can someone explain that to me, why DOES a person jump out of a perfectly good plane?? I don't know the reason, but it made for great pictures:

After the sky divers Isbaelle started to socialize (as Isabelle does), and of course she found some friends. The people sitting in front of us had a little girl, Sidney, and Isabelle had a blast playing and trying on the hats that she brought with her.

She is such a natural performer!

Ditching Mom and Dad for her friend, I cannot believe it has already started so soon.

The Balloons were obviously the highlight of the day, there were probably 30 of them all within yards of where we were sitting. As they took off many of them flew over us, and the really amazing site was when they lit up after dark.

After the balloon show they had fireworks, which I kind of wish I had not told Isabelle about. Isabelle LOVES fireworks, and they were suppose to start at 9 pm which was past her bed time but I thought it would be ok to be a little late. The fireworks ended up starting at more like 10, so by the time we got home it was 11-11:30. We were all so tired, and Isabelle had fallen asleep in the car before we could even get out of the parking lot.